Fractal visionaries:

Here's an unusual fractal I found by accident while noodling around with some unlikely formulas a while back. The overlapping parts and intentionally chosen colors give a three-dimensional effect without resorting to gimmicks. Try your own color scheme on this one -- it takes to colors like a duck takes to water. The calculation time is around 12 minutes.

Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com


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Chocolate_andHolly { ; time=0:01:30.90-SF5 on P4-2000
  reset=1950 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm
  formulaname=bubbles passes=1
  center-mag=+0.26652258411756050/+0.927270127305891\
  90/113.4651/1/45/0 float=y maxiter=250
  inside=bof60 logmap=yes periodicity=0
  colors=000zzzzrtvnpzeZsZHpSOnLMmJLkHKjFIhDHgBGe9Fd\
  7Db5Ca3BZ4CW5CU5DR6DO6EK7EE7EUczUczUczUczqaapaaoba\
  obanbambalcakcajcajcaidahdaafZzzzzzrzzmzzhzzczzZzz\
  PzzVzzXwz_pzchzdczfZziUzk8xn8tp8qs8muGgoO`iXVcXPXU\
  IRUCLUENUGQaHSdJVfLXgN_ePacQdaSf_UiYWkVYnTZpR`sPbu\
  U_nZWgbT_gPTlMMjPMhSMfVMdYLb`L`cL_fLYhLWkLUnLSqKQt\
  KOwKMzKKxLJuMHsMGqNEnOClPBjP9hQ7eR6cS4aS3ZT1XU4ZS6\
  `R9bPBdOEfMGhKJkJLmHOoFQqETsCVuBYw9_y8`t9ap9bl9chA\
  ddAe`AfXAgTAhPAiLBjHBkDBk9BnKJqVRtdYrdVpeSnePlfMkf\
  JifFggCeg9ch6ah3`h0Zj3Yl6Xm9VoBUpETrHSsKQuMPvP7hh6\
  ce5Zb4U_3PX2KU1FR3WP5mMt8jbFeLN_LUaL_bLfdLleLsgMzi\
  KveIraFnXDjTAfP8bK5ZG9aICcLGfNMTRSEVY0ZZ1Z`2Ya4Yb5\
  Yd6Xe7Xa8VY9TUAQRCONDMJEKFFHBGFDJDENCGQAIT8JW6L_5M\
  b3Oe1Ri9TmGWqOYuV`ybXuaUp_QlZMhYIcWF_VBVT7RS7SO6TK\
  6UH5VD5W9Cz5gOjjadhKolUnocmsmleLpeWqdfrdqsiAhn9`_J\
  nUSkN`iHiffPrgctirwb9o_8n }

frm:bubbles {; Jim Muth
  z=c=pixel:
    a=sqr(z)+(c-1)*z-c
    b=3*sqr(z)+c-1
    z=z-2*a/b,
      .000000000000000000000000000001 <= |a| }

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